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07-13-2020

Course Packs for Fall 2020: Please Submit Now

July 24, 2020

To ensure your classes have course packs on Monday, August 24, please submit your materials to printing services as soon as possible! Packets received after Monday, July 27 cannot be guaranteed completion because of the time it can take to confirm copyright information. If you have any questions, please contact Kassie Hansen, printing services, at […]

Filed Under: 06-08-2020, 06-15-2020, 06-22-2020, 06-29-2020, 07-06-2020, 07-13-2020, 07-20-2020, 07-27-2020, Academics, Campus Services, Printing Services Tagged With: Course Packs, Kassie Hansen, Printing and Mailing Services

ATSI Presents Webinar Wednesdays, Moodle Mondays This Summer

July 24, 2020

Academic technology services & innovation will be offering a weekly series of “Wednesday Webinars” and “Moodle Mondays” to support faculty who are preparing for hybrid and online instruction this fall. UP faculty can find all session times, details, and RSVP forms on the Hybrid & Online Basecamp Moodle page. Wed. 7/29 – Are you wary […]

Filed Under: 07-13-2020, 07-27-2020, Academic Technology Services, Academics, Information Services, Uncategorized Tagged With: Academic Technology Services & Innovations, Dawn Lloyd, Maria Erb

Mid-Year Open Enrollment Period Offering, July 15-21

July 17, 2020

Due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, a mid-year open enrollment period will be offered to benefited employees starting on Wednesday, July 15, and will run through Tuesday, July 21, 2020. During this mid-year open enrollment, benefited employees can elect prospective changes to existing flexible spending accounts, enroll in a flexible spending account and/or […]

Filed Under: 07-13-2020, 07-20-2020, Human Resources Tagged With: Human Resources, Laura Barnard, Mid-Year Open Enrollment

Rowena Bramlette ’88 Endowed Scholarship Announced

July 17, 2020

We are pleased to announce the endowment of the Rowena B. Bramlette ’88 Financial Affairs Division International Accounting Scholarship, established in memory of Rowena Bramlette ’88. Rowena served the University for 14 years and retired from her position of associate vice president for budgeting in 2019. She passed away after a courageous battle with cancer […]

Filed Under: 07-13-2020, 07-20-2020, Campus Services, Controller Tagged With: Controller's Office, Rowena Bramlette, Rowena Bramlette Scholarship

Meaningful Peer-to-Peer Conversations About Race: July 30

July 17, 2020

The Office of International Education, Diversity, and Inclusion is excited to invite faculty and staff to join us on Thursday, July 30 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. as we engage in meaningful peer-to-peer conversations about race. We will host three conversations for you to choose from on the following works, please read or watch one […]

Filed Under: 07-06-2020, 07-13-2020, 07-20-2020, Academics, Campus Services, Diversity & Inclusion Tagged With: and Inclusion, Diversity, Office of International Education

On the Bluff: Looking Out, Looking Up

July 10, 2020

Summers in Oregon with clear night skies offer impressive views of the stars and planets from The Bluff. For over 50 years, the Starr Observatory stood behind the Commons as a beacon for astronomy enthusiasts. To learn more, follow this link. For more information, contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, at piatz@up.edu.

Filed Under: 07-13-2020, Campus Services, University Museum Tagged With: Carolyn Connolly, University Museum & Archives

Malecha Steps In as Interim Pamplin School Dean

July 10, 2020

The Pamplin School of Business welcomes Tyson Distinguished Professor Gary Malecha as interim dean. Malecha joined the UP history and political science faculty in 1992 and regularly teaches courses on Congress, the Presidency, administration and public policy, American political thought, and food politics and policy in the United States and Europe. He is currently the […]

Filed Under: 07-13-2020, Academics, Pamplin School of Business, Political Science Tagged With: Gary Malecha, Pamplin School of Business

Campus Cleaning Update from Custodial Services

July 10, 2020

Throughout the campus closure, custodial services personnel have been performing cleaning and disinfecting in all campus buildings. Custodial services is also taking the time to perform deep cleaning in all residential spaces and academic buildings. Each worker has received training and is equipped with necessary tools and products to perform their job, including germicidal cleaner. […]

Filed Under: 07-13-2020, Campus Services, Physical Plant Tagged With: Custodial Services, Marissa Grice, physical plant

New Online Beauchamp Virtual Fitness Classes

July 10, 2020

Recreational services is offering NEW online virtual fitness classes in July on MS Teams! Classes will begin on Monday, July 6th. Please see the schedule below. Mondays at 12:1 5pm – Yoga Sculpt with Sammy Tuesdays at 5 pm – Conditioning and Flexibility with Cameron Wednesdays at 12:15 pm –  HIIT with Brie Tuursdays at […]

Filed Under: 06-29-2020, 07-06-2020, 07-13-2020, Athletics, Beauchamp Center, Campus Services, Recreational Services Tagged With: Beauchamp Center, Recreational Services

Chronicle of Higher Education Data Breach: Act Now

July 10, 2020

Information services has learned that the Chronicle of Higher Education recently suffered a data breach, most likely in February 2020. The breach affected approximately 3.5 million Chronicle of Higher Education users, some of whom are University of Portland students, faculty, and staff. The stolen credentials from the breach have also been discovered on publicly accessible […]

Filed Under: 07-06-2020, 07-13-2020, Academics, Campus Services, Information Services, Uncategorized Tagged With: Andrew Ridenour, Information Services

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Fr. Pat Hannon, CSC, published From Glory to Glory: A Pilgrim’s Notes From the Badlands of Grace. Occasioned by the author’s walking, with siblings, the famous Camino de Santiago in the fall of 2024, the book traces all manner of other pilgrimages—to and from home, family, love, self, and God. One Subject Press, Saint Paul, Minnesota. November, 2025.

Jessica Murphy Moo, editor of Portland Magazine and director of storytelling, wrote the lyrics to two songs in “We Go On, Oswego,” a song cycle honoring female refugees who lived at Camp Ontario in upstate New York. From 1944-1946, Camp Ontario provided emergency shelter to refugees from Nazi-occupied Europe. “We Go On, Oswego” was performed at Nazareth College, in collaboration with Finger Lakes Opera, on December 4, 2025. It was commissioned by Katie Hannigan, PhD. The song “There Is No Underground,” was written in collaboration with composer Maria Thompson Corley, and the song “My Table,” was written in collaboration with composer Kurt Erickson.

Simon Aihiokhai, Theology, published “A Spirituality of Desert Discipleship for Our Times. Reflections on the Readings of the Third Sunday of Advent.” VoiceAfrique.org. December 13, 2025.

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